My Experience of Desmond Child
Reading many of your blogs out there, Mike Ledano and 2Loud’s especially, I have learned a lot about one Desmond Child. I never knew that he wrote songs, many of them hits, or produced albums for the likes of KISS, Aerosmith, Cher, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Tyler and many many more. My association with Desmond came about through a totally different manner. Not through his producing, my introduction to him came via the soundtrack of my all time favourite film, “The Warriors.” FFI- I’ve included my post on said soundtrack should you wish to read it.
Desmond not only writes my favourite track on the soundtrack, the closer, “Last of an Ancient Breed,” he sings it as well and I must say that Desmond is a decent singer and could have made it as one if he had gotten the breaks. Note: There were a couple of other talented singers on the soundtrack who vanished after. So, enough of me prattling on, here’s the song.
Hope you enjoyed!
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December 6, 2021 at 11:29 am
Desmond started out in a band called Rouge (I think). Then got introduced to Paul to write songs and they did I Was Made For Loving You. He did release a solo album in and around 1990 maybe. He continued to write and produce and the most recent album I have that he produced was Scorpions Humanity: Hour 1 which was from 2007 and is incredible. Thanks for the shoutout!! I didn’t know this song you posted and so weird that it is the Outsiders and The Warriors mixed together.
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December 7, 2021 at 6:55 pm
It is weird, especially as there was enough in “The Warriors” they could have used for the entire video. Your knowledge of Desmond is simply amazing. Thanks for your input.
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December 6, 2021 at 12:45 pm
Great stuff! Loved Footloose! (And I had no idea that the UK was restrictive on wedding music! WOW!)
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December 7, 2021 at 6:56 pm
Anything they believe has ‘religious connotations’ is not allowed at registry office weddings.
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December 7, 2021 at 8:25 pm
Sad.
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December 7, 2021 at 11:01 pm
But true.
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December 6, 2021 at 12:52 pm
Uncle Meat hates Desmond Child. It’s even in his theme song Open Door Piss:
“Like Desmond Child writin’ songs with Kiss, and Open Door Piss!”
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December 7, 2021 at 6:57 pm
Ha, I’m going to have to hear that song some day. Maybe the song on here will change Meat’s mind.
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December 7, 2021 at 9:53 pm
Nothing will change Meat’s mind. Here’s the song! Enjoy! You see the main image is Paul with Desmond?
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December 7, 2021 at 11:03 pm
Could you try sending the link again? It didn’t come through.
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December 7, 2021 at 11:04 pm
It won’t appear in the reader, but if you go to the comments section on your post it should appear.
https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/14473463/posts/8549#comment-74317
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December 13, 2021 at 11:09 am
Excellent! I love it.
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December 7, 2021 at 10:06 am
I can’t believe after all this time, I never looked what Desmond Child looks like! He reminds me of Gustavo Rocque from ‘Big Time Rush,’ and ironically enough, he was a music producer.
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December 7, 2021 at 6:58 pm
Maybe that’s the look of all record producers, lol.
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December 8, 2021 at 12:30 am
Haha, maybe!
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December 7, 2021 at 1:57 pm
Man I need to see Outsiders again.
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December 7, 2021 at 6:58 pm
Me too, it’s been a good 17 years or so.
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December 8, 2021 at 1:01 pm
That or longer for me, as well.
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December 9, 2021 at 8:01 pm
Yeah, I’m going to have to watch it again.
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December 8, 2021 at 12:33 am
I have The Complete Novel version of the movie and DVD and I haven’t seen it in a few years. It’s my favorite 80s movie.
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December 8, 2021 at 1:15 pm
Very cool. I think I have a basic DVD here somewhere, I’ll see if I can find it.
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December 9, 2021 at 7:47 am
Yeah, The Complete Novel DVD contains a lot of scenes that were originally cut from the finished product. The flow of the story is better with those scenes added. It contains one of my favorite scenes, where Soda tells Pony and Darry not to fight anymore (very emotional scene).
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December 9, 2021 at 1:47 pm
Cool. Now I need that one lol
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December 10, 2021 at 8:29 am
Heck yeah you do!
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December 10, 2021 at 8:30 am
I bought it from the Book Off for $5 I think.
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December 10, 2021 at 12:24 pm
That’s a good price. I just got al 8 Harry Potter movies on blu-ray for $10 at my work. The kids wanna see them.
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December 11, 2021 at 8:55 am
All eight movies for 10 dollars? And Blu-Ray too? Dang, that’s a good deal!
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December 11, 2021 at 12:50 pm
Ha, yeah it is! It’s a thrift shoppe, though, so they don’t set prices very high.
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December 12, 2021 at 12:51 am
That’s the beauty of thrift shops though!
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December 12, 2021 at 2:53 am
It’s my main thing. I wouldn’t hear nearly as much if I paid more.
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December 12, 2021 at 8:38 am
Not only are the products great prices, you get to find things you didn’t even know existed before or very rare stuff.
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December 12, 2021 at 12:44 pm
Just about every time, yup. Fortunately, I like a lot of different types of music so that opens things up, too. If I only liked, say, punk, I would have given up on it as a source long ago.
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December 13, 2021 at 8:03 am
Yeah because you like so many genres, your music collection is so diverse.
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December 13, 2021 at 11:58 am
It’s a jungle in here!
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December 14, 2021 at 8:17 am
Haha, I believe you.
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December 9, 2021 at 8:03 pm
Oh, you’re talking about “The Outsiders,” I’d like to see the whole film with deleted scenes as well.
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December 10, 2021 at 8:37 am
Yeah ‘The Outsiders’ movie, sorry. If you can find The Complete Novel version of the movie for a good price, I’d recommend getting it!
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December 13, 2021 at 10:55 am
Thanks, I will.
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December 9, 2021 at 8:02 pm
Any luck?
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December 10, 2021 at 12:21 pm
Yup, found it!
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December 9, 2021 at 8:00 pm
Wow, that’s cool. Once the BBC showed the film with a different beginning where the leader Cleon has much more speaking parts. Iwould like to see the whole film with the deleted scenes.
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December 10, 2021 at 8:34 am
The Complete Novel version doesn’t have all of the deleted scenes, but it has enough to make the story flow better.
Here’s the deleted scenes that didn’t make the Novel version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68oPYXUWBGw
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December 8, 2021 at 12:14 pm
Wow
I watched The Warriors movie to death and didn’t know that was Desmond Child singing it. My first exposure to him was via his co-writes with hard rock bands.
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December 9, 2021 at 8:01 pm
Unfortunately, they only play the intro of the song in the film so you don’t get to hear him singing. Shame really because I think it’s a great song. I’ve seen the film at least 25 times.
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